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This course covers the following information:

Introduction to OSHA: OSHA and Its Mission

  • The purpose of the OSH Act.
  • The mission of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
  • The powers and procedures that OSHA uses to safeguard employee health and safety.

Introduction to OSHA: Your Rights Under OSHA

  • The scope of the rights that you have under OSHA.
  • Employee's rights to discuss safety and health concerns with their employer without retaliation.
  • Employee's rights to file a complaint with OSHA and participate in an OSHA inspection of the workplace.

Introduction to OSHA: Your Employer's Responsibilities Under OSHA

  • What OSHA requires an employer to do to safeguard employee health and safety in the workplace.
  • Why it is an employer's responsibility to provide employees with appropriate personal protective equipment and train them to use it.
  • The OSHA requirements an employer must fulfill with regard to health and safety training, exposure monitoring and recordkeeping.
  • The specific types of retaliation that an employer may not use against an employee who exercises their rights under OSHA.

Introduction to OSHA: How OSHA Inspections are Conducted

  • How OSHA determines when and where to make a workplace inspection.
  • The four major stages of an OSHA inspection.
  • What procedures are followed in each stage of an inspection.
  • The purpose and content of an OSHA citation.
  • How OSHA determines the penalties for safety and health violations.

Introduction to OSHA: Filing a Complaint with OSHA

  • The ways in which an employee can file a complaint about workplace hazards with OSHA.
  • The types of information that should be included in any complaint that is made to OSHA.
  • When an employee who makes a complaint may have their name kept confidential in the complaint document.

Introduction to OSHA: Learning More About Safety and Health Issues

  • Where to find health and safety information within your workplace.
  • How to access workplace health and safety resources through OSHA.
  • Where to find other sources of health and safety information.